How much revenue did Dead Space (2008) make?

$10.2M–$27.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Space (2008) sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Space (2008) sell?

1.8M to 3.0M copies, based on its 29k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.8M–3.0M; $10.2M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.0M before Steam's cut; from 29k reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Dead Space (2008) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Space (2008)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–2.7M

best case 3.5M (Outer Wilds)

Games like Dead Space (2008)

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–2.7M copies

≈ $16.0M–$39.0M after Steam's cut

from ~49k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Outer Wilds at ≈ 2.7M–4.4M copies, ≈ $18.5M–$49.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the range was 5k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (7 of 8) and Sci-fi (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Space, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2023, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Prey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.5M–$41.8M after Steam's cut $28.2M–$64.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	55k reviews Very Positive	Sci-fiImmersive Sim
Dead Space™ 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	30k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
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Outer Wilds 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.5M–$49.7M after Steam's cut $33.6M–$76.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	108k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationSpace
Dead Space 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $29.2M–$78.4M after Steam's cut $53.0M–$120.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	71k reviews Very Positive	HorrorThird-Person Shooter
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